Flinders Street is a main street in the
city centre of
Adelaide, South Australia. It runs from the northern end of
Victoria Square to
East Terrace, Adelaide. It is one of the intermediate-width streets of the Adelaide grid, at wide.
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of the Adelaide
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CBD, North Adelaide and the Adelaide Parklands.
History
The street is named after the
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and
cartographer Captain
Matthew Flinders
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.
On 22 November 1878 the East Adelaide Model School, later Flinders Street Public School or Flinders Street Model School, was opened in large bluestone buildings designed by
E. J. Woods
Edward John Woods F.R.I.B.A. (1839 – 5 January 1916) was a prominent architect in the early days of South Australia.
History
Woods was born in London and educated at several private schools, then, deciding to become an architect, served ...
. A primary school occupied the premises until 1969, when the Flinders Street Adult Education Centre was established there. In 1978 it became the Flinders St School of Music, a campus of
TAFE.
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.
Historic buildings
Churches
churches on Flinders Street include:
* Bethlehem Lutheran Church, at no. 170, on the corner of Sudholz PlaceFlinders Street Baptist Church
Flinders Street Baptist Church is a church in Flinders Street, South Australia.
History
In response to a call by George Fife Angas for a Baptist minister to found a new church in Adelaide, Rev. Silas Mead emigrated aboard ''Parisian'', arriving ...
, at no. 65;[ includes manse, now Baptist Church Offices, and Mead Hall; all heritage-listed.
* Pilgrim Uniting Church, at no. 12][
]
Other historic buildings
*Flinders Hall, originally built as school accommodation for St Paul's Church of England, sold to Hamilton Laboratories in the 1950s[
*Observatory House, at no. 84-86, originally built for a scientific instrument-making business run by Otto Boettger, who emigrated to South Australia from Germany in 1877][
*Office of Multi-Cultural Affairs, originally the manse of the Stow Memorial Church (now Pilgrim), used as a sanitarium 1901–1911. before being sold to the state government][
*St Paul's Church, built 1972, known as a High Anglican church, whose congregation included many prominent families; converted into a nightclub during the 1980s; now St Paul's Creative Centre,][ accommodating people working in the arts and creative industries]
Junction list
See also
Footnotes
References
Streets in Adelaide
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